Scourge

Museum number:
3-24269
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
7-27 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.172
Description:
Scourge or whip (disciplina); brass chain with 7 pendant "tails" of wrapper brass wire; length 59 cm. cf. 2-33853, 2-33854, 2-48371, 2-48375.
Donor:
Zelia Nuttall
Collection place:
Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, unspecified
Culture or time period:
Mexican Historic (1521–present)
Collector:
Zelia Nuttall
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1905
Context of use:
3 curious objects pertaining to religious penance in convents and monasteries. Two (3-24268a,b) were worn next to skin around wrists or ankles, in self-torture. The scourge (3-24269) was used for flagellation until blood was drawn.
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 1.59 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Scourge, accession number 3-24269, described as Scourge or whip (disciplina); brass chain with 7 pendant "tails" of wrapper brass wire; length 59 cm. cf. 2-33853, 2-33854, 2-48371, 2-48375.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Scourge, accession number 3-24269, described as Scourge or whip (disciplina); brass chain with 7 pendant "tails" of wrapper brass wire; length 59 cm. cf. 2-33853, 2-33854, 2-48371, 2-48375.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scourge, accession number 3-24269, described as Scourge or whip (disciplina); brass chain with 7 pendant "tails" of wrapper brass wire; length 59 cm. cf. 2-33853, 2-33854, 2-48371, 2-48375.

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